Reel-arm-attaching means for harvesters or the like.



J. STURROOK. REEL ABM ATTAGHING MEANS FOR. HARVESTBBS OR THE LIKE.APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1913.

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JOHN STURROCK, OF CHICAG'C', ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOE TO INTERNATIONALF-IAEVES'IER COMPANY OF NEVI JERSEY, A CGRPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

REEL-ARItI-A'ITACl-IING MEANS FOR HARVESTERS OR THE LIKE.

Application filed September 18, 1913.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN STURROCK, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIteel-Arm-Attaching Means for Harvesters or the like, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to reel arm attaching means for harvesters or thelike.

Ithas for its object to attach a steel reel arm of channel constructionto a harvester or similar reel bracket in an improved manner so that thearm is securely positioned upon the bracket and rigidly attachedthereto. I attain this object by the provision of improved attachingmeans cooperating with the reel arm and the bracket and attaching thearm securely in position upon the bracket.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown, for purposes of illustration,one embodiment which my invention may assume in practice.

Figure l is a side elevation of a bracket equipped with my improvement;and Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1.

In the construction shown I have illustrated a reel bracket 1 ofstandard construction having a plurality of sockets or arms 2 protrudingradially therefrom, in which the reel arms 3 of channel form arepositioned by my improved attaching means. These attaching means areshown to comprise an elongated attaching plate 4 of spring sheet metalconstruction and arcuate cross section receivable between the sides ofthe arms 3 and positioned between these sides by a bolt 5. As shown,this bolt is provided with a head 6 having a concave inner surfaceadapted to conform to the convex surface of the plate 4, and a shankwhich extends through the plate and a suitable opening 7 in the bottomof the arm 3, as well as the bracket arm 2; a nut 8 carried on the boltshank and clamped against the outer surface of the bracket arm 2 servingto clamp the plate 4 securely in expanded position,

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Serial No. 790,456.

so that the edges of the same bite against the metal of the reel arms atpoints ad jacent the junction of the sides thereof, and securely clampthese arms in position within the channel portion of the bracket arms 2.It is to be noted in this connection that the provision of a single bolt5, which extends through the inner end of the plate 4, at a pointadjacent the inner end of the bracket arm 2, serves to preventeffectually any movement of the arm 3 relative to the bracket arm 2, andthat, in effect, an integral construction is provided capable ofwithstanding any angular strains and stresses upon the arm 3. Attentionis further directed to the fact that the attaching means are very simpleand of a type which may be very readily and cheaply constructed andreadily applied to or removed from the reel brackets when desired.

lVhile I have in this application described one form which my inventionmay assume in practice, it is, of course, to be understood that the formshown herein is susceptible of being modified without departing from thespirit of the invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is:

1. In combination, a reel bracket, a channeled reel arm seated therein,an expansible locking member seated in the channel in said reel arm, andmeans for clamping said expansible member to said bracket.

2. In combination, a reel bracket having a reel arm socket, a channelreel arm eated therein, a yielding locking plate of arcuate crosssection having its edges engaging the inner surface of said reel arm,and means clamping said plate to said bracket.

3. In combination, a reel bracket having a socket therein, a channeledreel arm seated in said socket, a locking member seated in the channelin said arm having a cut edge engaging one wall thereof, and means forclamping said locking member to said bracket.

4. In combination, a reel bracket having a radially protruding channelarm, a channel steel reel arm seated therein, an elongated holding plateof arcuate cross section In testimony whereof I afiix my signahaving itsedges engaging With the inner ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.surface of said reel arm at points adjacent JOHN STURROCK.

the sides of the same, and a locking boit eX- Witnesses: 5 tendingthrough said previously mentioned A. H. HoLMEs,

elements and locking the same together. H. B. MUEHLHAUSEN.

Copies 0': this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

